Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Northern Italy, ca. 1470
MS M.1172. Fol. 001r

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Initial D:
Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Three-quarter figure of Virgin Mary, veiled, embracing Christ Child, both nimbed, He grasps her garment with His left hand; patterned background.
Decorated initial at beginning of Matins of Hours of the Virgin.
Margin, lower: